"When I first spotted this system with a very high total mass on our galactic doorstep, I was immediately excited." ...

Astronomers have long predicted that two orbiting white dwarfs are the cause of most type 1a supernova explosions. While the ...

University of Warwick astronomers have discovered an extremely rare, high-mass, compact binary star system only ~150 light ...

Learn how gravity and mass are pulling two stars into tighter, faster orbit around each other, with an explosive collision ...

A nearby cosmic ticking time bomb has been found! Just 150 light years away, a pair of white dwarf stars are on a death ...

The SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY is a part of the Smithsonian Institution which, in conjunction with the Harvard ...

The researchers say the star system will explode in a rare "quadruple detonation". As the white dwarf gets heavier, the ...

Sure, we all know about the asteroid impact that is thought to have wiped out the dinosaurs, but did you know that the Earth ...